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Network Metrics
Network metrics provide information about network performance.
Table 112. Network Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|droppedPct Packets Dropped (%) Percent network packets dropped.
net|usage_average Usage Rate (KBps) Sum of the data transmied and received for all of
the NIC instances of the host or virtual machine.
net|packetsRx_summation Packets Received Number of packets received in the performance
interval.
net|packetsTx_summation Packets Transmied Number of packets transmied in the
performance interval.
net|droppedRx_summation Received Packets Dropped Number of received packets dropped in the
performance interval.
net|droppedTx_summation Transmied Packets Dropped Number of transmied packets dropped in the
performance interval.
net|maxObserved_KBps Max Observed Throughput
(KBps)
Max observed rate of network throughput.
net|maxObserved_Tx_KBps Max Observed Transmied
Throughput (KBps)
Max observed transmied rate of network
throughput.
net|maxObserved_Rx_KBps Max Observed Received
Throughput (KBps)
Max observed received rate of network
throughput.
net|transmied_average Data Transmit Rate (KBps) Average amount of data transmied per second.
net|received_average Data Receive Rate (KBps) Average amount of data received per second.
Summary Metrics
Summary metrics provide information about overall performance.
Table 113. Summary Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary|number_running_hosts Number of Running Hosts Number of hosts that are on.
summary|number_running_vms Number of Running VMs Number of virtual machines that
are on.
summary|total_number_clusters Total Number of Clusters Total number of clusters.
summary|total_number_datastores Total Number of Datastores Total number of datastores.
summary|total_number_hosts Total Number of Hosts Total number of hosts.
summary|total_number_vms Total Number of VMs Total number of virtual machines.
summary|max_number_vms Maximum Number of VMs Maximum number of virtual
machines.
summary|workload_indicator Workload Indicator (%) Percent workload indicator.
summary|total_number_datacenters Total Number of Datacenters Total number of datacenters.
summary|
number_powered_on_cores
Number of Cores on Powered On Hosts Number of cores on powered-on
hosts.
summary|number_running_vcpus Number VCPUs on Powered on VMs Number of virtual CPUs on
powered-on virtual machines.
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